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The military’s $1 billion drone plan to take on China — and how it hopes it never has to use them

The U.S. military will need hundreds of thousands of drones of various shapes and sizes with different capabilities in preparation for a future war with China that the War Department hopes it never has to fight. In a hypothetical war in Chi

Republican Ledger staff · 4:00 PM ET

The military’s $1 billion drone plan to take on China — and how it hopes it never has to use them
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The U.S. military will need hundreds of thousands of drones of various shapes and sizes with different capabilities in preparation for a future war with China that the War Department hopes it never has to fight.

In a hypothetical war in China, the fighting would likely largely occur in the Pacific region, far from the […]

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